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- Wang Gungwu: Junzi: Scholar-Gentleman in Conversation with Asad-ul Iqbal Latif
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
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This book of interviews with Professor Wang Gungwu, published to felicitate him on his 80th birthday in 2010, seeks to convey to a general audience something of the life, times and thoughts of a leading historian, Southeast Asianist, Sinologist and public intellectual. The interviews flesh out Professor Wang’s views on being Chinese in Malaya; his experience of living and working in Malaysia, Singapore and Australia; the Vietnam War; Hong Kong and its return to China; the rise of China; Taiwan’s, Japan’s and India’s place in the emerging scheme of things; and on the United States in an age of terrorism and war. The book includes an interview with his wife, Mrs Margaret Wang, on their life together for half a century. Two interviews by scholars on Professor Wang’s work are also included, as are his curriculum vitae and a select bibliography of his works.What comes across in this book is how Professor Wang was buffeted by feral times and hostile worlds but responded to them as a left-liberal humanist who refused to cut ideological corners. This book records his response to tumultuous times on hindsight, but with a keen sense of having lived through the times of which he speaks.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Table of Contents
- pp. v-vi
- Wang Gungwu: Friend, Mentor and Role Model
- pp. xiii-xvii
- Being Chinese in Malaya
- pp. 11-25
- Malaysia, Singapore andAustralia
- pp. 25-50
- China Rising
- pp. 75-106
- Taiwan, Japan and India
- pp. 106-116
- The United States,Terrorism and War
- pp. 116-121
- Professor Wang Gungwu: Curriculum Vitae
- pp. 191-203
- Professor Wang Gungwu: Select Publications
- pp. 204-250
Additional Information
ISBN
9789814311540
Related ISBN(s)
9789814311533
MARC Record
OCLC
751689637
Pages
261
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No